U.S. authorities say a 21-year-old U.S. Army soldier attempted to sell stolen sensitive information to a foreign intelligence service as part of a broader effort to extort victims and leak call records of high-ranking public officials. In November while on active duty, Cameron Wagenius made multiple attempts to extort $500,000 from a major telecommunications company…
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Data Theft Drove 94% of Global Cyberattacks in 2024 & Ransomware Defenses are “Increasingly Complex”
Ransomware groups now steal, encrypt, and threaten to leak company data on the dark web, forcing victims to pay or risk exposing sensitive information.
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Threat actors are increasingly trying to grind business to a halt
Cybercriminals intentionally disrupted operations at a growing rate last year, Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence firm Unit 42 said in an annual incident response report released Tuesday. Of the nearly 500 major cyberattacks Unit 42 responded to last year, 86% involved business disruption, including operational downtime, fraud-related losses, increased operating costs and negative reputational impacts. …
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CRITICAL ALERT: Sophisticated Google Domain Exploitation Chain Unleashed
by Source Defense A sophisticated attack chain targeting e-commerce payment flows has been prematurely exposed in a concerning development, highlighting the delicate balance between responsible disclosure and public safety. Discovered initially by Source Defense’s research team and responsibly disclosed to Google on November 19, 2024 (Issue ID: 379818473), this critical vulnerability has now been publicly…